UC Santa Barbara
2011-12As a junior, played in all 33 games in her first season
with the Gauchos, with 32 starts…Led the team with 31.9
minutes per game (1054 total)…Also led the team in rebounds,
grabbing 276 total boards (8.4 per game average)…Led the
team with 29 blocked shots (.09 per game average)…Had a
career-high 16 rebound performance vs. USF on Dec.
2…Career-high 50 minutes in a double-overtime victory over
Cal State Northridge on Jan. 21…Scored double-figures in
seven games…Had three double-doubles on the year…Had
a 14 point, 12 rebound performance on Feb. 9 vs. Cal State
Fullerton…Followed that game with 15 points on 7-for-10
shooting and 10 rebounds vs. Cal State
Bakersfield…Season-high 16 points, while adding 11 rebounds
in the Big West Championship game vs. Long Beach State on Mar.
10…Named Big West Tournament MVP for her
performance…Also garnered Athlete of the Week honors from
Santa Barbara Athletic Roundtable…In Big West play, led the
team with 32.0 minutes per game (512 total)…Played in all 16
games…Grabbed 131 total rebounds (8.2 per game average),
with 43 of those coming on the offensive glass…Totaled 104
points (6.4 per game average)…Recorded a team-high 13
blocks…Tied for the team lead with 14 steals.

Oregon State University2008-2010As a sophomore, Kirsten started all 31 games for the
Beavers averaging 34.4 minutes per game, 8.1 points and 7.5
rebounds per game…Scored in double figures in 12
games…Posted four double doubles…Shot 46.2 percent
from the floor…On November 13, 2009 vs. Cal Poly, she scored
19 points pulled down eight rebounds, had three blocks and two
steals…Eight days later on November 22 vs. Houston Baptist,
Kirsten had 26 points, 13 rebounds, one assist, two blocks and one
steal…In her freshman season, Kirsten played in all 32 games
while starting 18 for the Beavers…She averaged 3.8 ppg and
4.1 rpg…The Beavers played in the Pac-10 tournament and made
it to the second round of the WNIT…While at Oregon State,
Kirsten was a member of the Honor Society, was named to ESPN
Magazine All-Academic All-District 8 2nd team, was an OSU Scholar
Athlete, an OSU Provost Scholarship recipient and 1st Team Pac-10
Women's Basketball All-Academic…She also received the OSU
College of Forestry's Paul and Neva Dunn Outstanding Senior Award,
and was also given the OSU College of Forestry's Natural Resources
Outstanding Student Award.

High School Kirsten played at Bozeman High School under Brooke
Svendsen…She earned 12 varsity letters in basketball (4),
soccer (4) and track (4), while playing for the Hawks…As a
senior, Kirsten was All-State in all three sports and received the
Bozeman High School Athlete and Scholar Athlete of the Year
awards…She was a National Honor Society Member, graduating
with a 4.0 GPA and was one of the school's valedictorians…In
her junior campaign, Kirsten was All-State in all three sports, was
named the 2006- 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year in basketball and
was the 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year in soccer…She also
won a State Championship in all three sports that year and was
named the Montana Most Valuable Player.

Personal
Kirsten Jean Tilleman was born April 24, 1990 to Jim and Mirian
Tilleman in Billings, Montana…She has an older brother,
Colin (24) and a younger brother, Kyle (20)…At UCSB, she is
working towards her Master's of Environmental Sciences and
Management with a possible specialization in Conservation Planning
or Water Resource Management…Kirsten's favorite movies are
all the Toy Story movies, Into the Wild and Up…Her favorite
author is Jonathan Safran Foer, while some of her favorite novels
include the Harry Potter series, His Dark Materials series,
Everything is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and
The History of Love…Kirsten’s favorite musicians and
bands include Bon Iver, Band of Horses, Brandi Carlile, The Cave
Singers, The Decemberists, Iron and Wine, Wilco and Kid
Cudi…Her hobbies include anything outdoors like hiking,
camping and climbing…She also enjoys cooking and baking as
well as live music, and making art and enjoys country line
dancing…Goes by the nicknames Montana or KT.